The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-13

the two daughters of Townsman Lucius s.
Simons are employed as attendants. The
physician in charge seems to prize highly
the services of Vermont ladies'. Cromwell is
distant from Middletown about eight miles.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Winchester
go to Manchester, N. H., this week to reside.
Mr. Winchester has what he thinks a
desirable situation there. =- Our aged
ex-townsman, Mr.. j. Wright Briggs of
Rochester, N. Y, who has been so feeble in
months past, is again somewhat better.
80 Miss Mary McClearn of Mortified
has been here with the family of her brother,
the doctor, for some weeks past. == Mrs.
Albert Bruce, who has been quite sorely
afflicted with bodily ailments in late years,
lost her eye-sight suddenly last week 1t is
hoped it will be only temporary. = Up
to Saturday of last week we Judge but very
little maple sugar had been made in the
place. Deep SHOWS, cold winds and low
temperatures have been uniavorable for
the business =- Mrs. DIR. G. w. McClearn
and daughter have gone to her old home in
Northfeld to remain for the present. The
doctor will board at the hotel. 80 Charles
G. Barnes recently told MS of his visit to ID.
l.. Moody's Boys School at Mount Hermon,
Mass, where his son Frank is a pupil. He
says there are twenty nations represented in
the school. An EsqumauX from Alaska has
lately come for an education. Mr.. Barnes me,
Rev Mr.. Welch, connected with the schoolt
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quarterly meeting here, last year, was duly
temized Mr.. WEIGH thinks he may again
visit the place during the year. =- The
Universaist society held a sugar festival at
the town hall on Friday evening last. 1t
was financial success. - Rev. Harvey
Webster was called to Barre on Fast day to
attend the funeral of Osias II. Thompson,
the owner of the Octagon House. -
John Walker reached Simpson, Kansas, in
safety April /. He finds it a village of three
hundred inhabitants at present. AS west
ern towns sometimes grow, it may take on
another cipher in a few years. 60 Return
S. Davis finds his first impressions of his
new home in Salem, Mass, pleasant ones.
80 Mrs. X. l.. Watson, who has had
considerable ill-health in the last few
months from colds and lung troubles, has
again been brought to the bed of late. 80
We are told that the Central Vermont Rail
road Company is to employ new, and one
of the very best, engineers in the country to
survey and locate the route for the railroad
| from Barre to this point, and doubtless on
! to Royalton With the progress made since
the day of the building of the Vermont Cen
trail and the survey through our Gulf (Which,
it would seem, then presented almost in
surmountable obstacles to a road), we shall
doubtless laugh at the traditional reports
| by the first engineers of the Gulf route. In
fact, some began to laugh" at the time
they were made, PAINFUL though they
thought them to be. - A stranger, with
his wife and two children, coming into our
| village from the north on Fast day, was
tipped over near the Asa S. Simonds place
| The horse ran to the village. Some one, in
trying TO stop it. was thrown down, but it
was taken near j. X. Lynde's store. -
Ex-townsman J. ID. White gives us Ala
bama temperatures for March last. The
average at half-past five A. NJ. was forty-four
land fraction) degrees above zero; the av-
erage at six p. NJ, fifty-seven degrees above.
The highest half-past five morning temper
| ature, fifty-nine degrees, and the lowest
thirty degrees above zero The highest six
| p. NJ. temperature was seventy-seven de-
grees above and the lowest thrty-nne de-
ing oats, planting corn, preparing for cotton,
etc, during the month. Hereabouts men
were chiefly occupied in combating snow
and cold. - William Croudis, in the EN-.
ploy of Wells Lamson & Prize, has moved
| to the Gale house in the quarry neigh Dor
hood. In slight acquaintance with Mr..
Croudis in Barre we have found him an
agreeable man, and we hope his family will
like our town. His employer, Mr.. Prize,
speaks very kindly of him - A former
resident of our place has just made the pas
sage of " the horn" coming out at the little
end of it. This person entered as plaintiff
some years ago, upon lawsuit, with the
advice, as we understand it, of famous
lawyer. The fun went on for long time,
and the lawyers fees kept pace with the
plaintiff had lost the case wholly and S50(
in fees and costs besides. Isn't there some
better thing for a man and his money than
that - Rev. Thomas Smith (son of the
late Rev. John G. Smith,, who is resting
awhile from missionary labor in Ceylon. is
keeping house in Amherst, Mass. -
Frank Barnes has just taken part of his
vacation from Mr.. Moody's Boys school
with Lin F" Bolus, who went from here
last year to reside with the widow of the
late Rev John G. Smith at Winchester, n
H., and attend school. A delightful visit is
reported by young Barnes. - A little
musicale was held recently at the home O
Mr.. and Mrs. James Burnham, as theil
musical son-in-law, George Seaver, wa;
about to return to Washington to live
Some twenty of our young people partici
pated in the exercises. - Rev. Carlos l.
Adams has just finished his studies in the
Methodist Theological School in Boston ant
has gone to Michigan to preach.
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